All About the Benjamins
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40 free All About the Benjamins trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
All About the Benjamins paired Ice Cube and Mike Epps as a hard-nosed bounty hunter and the fast-talking con man he keeps arresting. One bad afternoon drops them both into a diamond robbery, and a winning lottery ticket that slips out of reach gives the two enemies a reason to work together. Fans still swap favourite scenes and the back-and-forth between the two leads. This quiz covers the whole film: the lottery ticket and how it goes missing, the heist and the villains behind it, the big set pieces, and the people in front of and behind the camera. Several faces in small parts went on to much bigger things, and there are questions on the soundtrack and on where the title comes from. Dialogue is described rather than quoted, so you are asked who did what, where and why. It is written for anyone who has seen the film once and for those who know it scene by scene. The set opens with facts most film fans can reason out and moves on to deeper cuts, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In All About the Benjamins, Ice Cube's bounty hunter Bucum shares which surname with the rapper's real name, O'Shea?
Jackson
Jackson is the surname of both Bucum and the man who plays him: Ice Cube was born O'Shea Jackson in Los Angeles in 1969.
Q 02Which future Star Wars and Dune actor appears in a small early role in the action comedy All About the Benjamins?
Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac was an unknown when he played the bit part of Francesco, more than a decade before Inside Llewyn Davis made his name.
Q 03The actress playing diamond thief Ursula in All About the Benjamins is a granddaughter of which silent film legend?
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was the grandfather of London-born Carmen Chaplin, who plays Ursula, and playwright Eugene O'Neill was her great-grandfather.
Q 04All About the Benjamins takes its title from a 1997 hit single on the album No Way Out by which rapper?
Puff Daddy
Puff Daddy released the song as the third single from his debut album, and it climbed to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1998.
Q 05The Benjamins in the title All About the Benjamins are slang for which piece of United States currency?
The $100 bill
The $100 bill has carried Benjamin Franklin's portrait since 1914, and it is one of only two current notes that do not show a president.
Q 06Which actress, fresh from her breakthrough in Training Day, plays Reggie's girlfriend Gina in All About the Benjamins?
Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes made All About the Benjamins her only film release of 2002, then appeared in four studio features the following year.
Q 07Which teenage rapper, discovered by Snoop Dogg, has a cameo as Reggie's neighbor Kelly in All About the Benjamins?
Bow Wow
Bow Wow, then billed as Lil' Bow Wow, has only a cameo here, and four months later he took the lead in the basketball comedy Like Mike.
Q 08Anthony Michael Hall, who plays drug dealer Lil J in All About the Benjamins, was 'the brain' in which John Hughes film?
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club cast Hall as brainy Brian, one of three John Hughes films that made him the go-to movie nerd of the 1980s.
Q 09In which sun-soaked Florida city do the chases and boat showdowns of All About the Benjamins take place?
Miami
Miami was chosen once Ice Cube's company took on the script, and filming stayed in and around the city.
Q 10After All About the Benjamins, Kevin Bray next directed which wrestler turned actor in the 2004 remake Walking Tall?
The Rock
The Rock starred as an Army veteran who runs for sheriff to clean up his hometown, with Johnny Knoxville as his deputy.
Q 11Mike Epps, who plays Reggie in All About the Benjamins, later played 'Black Doug' in which hit comedy?
The Hangover
The Hangover gave Epps one of his best-known cameos in 2009, and he came back as the same character in The Hangover Part III.
Q 12Tommy Flanagan, the villain Williamson in All About the Benjamins, later starred as Chibs in which FX drama?
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy kept Flanagan on screen for seven seasons as a Scottish outlaw biker, a part he reprised in the spin-off Mayans M.C.
Q 13Besides starring in and producing All About the Benjamins, Ice Cube shared which other credit with Ronald Lang?
Screenwriter
Q 21Where do Bucum and Reggie finally find the real diamonds hidden inside the Barkley house in All About the Benjamins?
A fish tank
A fish tank holds the stones that everyone has been killing for, after the batch taken in the robbery turned out to be fake.
Q 22During the chase after the failed diamond handover in All About the Benjamins, Williamson opens fire with what weapon?
A bazooka
A bazooka is Williamson's answer when the trade falls apart, though his shot misses the heroes and blows up a nearby truck instead.
Q 23In the finale of All About the Benjamins, what does Bucum hand Reggie after he drops a gun in the ocean?
A taser
A taser is all Reggie is trusted with for the last showdown, and he uses it to drop the wounded Williamson on the shore.
Screenwriter was Ice Cube's third job on the film: Lang wrote the original script and Cube reworked it before the cameras rolled.
Q 14The 1997 rap single that gave All About the Benjamins its title features a posthumous verse from which rapper?
Notorious B.I.G.
Notorious B.I.G. had been killed in March 1997, and his verse was one of two added when the song was remixed for the album.
Q 15Before All About the Benjamins, Mike Epps first teamed with Ice Cube as which cousin of Craig in Next Friday?
Day-Day
Day-Day was the part Ice Cube invited Epps to audition for after watching his stand-up set, and Epps played him again in Friday After Next.
Q 16In All About the Benjamins, Reggie's winning lottery ticket goes missing because it is tucked inside what lost item?
His wallet
His wallet falls into the hands of the diamond thieves as he flees them, so the winning numbers come up while the ticket is gone.
Q 17After All About the Benjamins, Mike Epps played L.J. in two films of which zombie series based on a video game?
Resident Evil
Resident Evil gave Epps the comic-relief survivor L.J. in Apocalypse in 2004 and again in its sequel, Extinction.
Q 18Which soul group's 1973 hit For the Love of Money appears on the soundtrack of All About the Benjamins?
The O'Jays
The O'Jays recorded the song for Philadelphia International, and it later became the opening theme of the TV show The Apprentice.
Q 19Which studio, long the home of Ice Cube's Friday comedies, released All About the Benjamins in theaters?
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema outbid MGM, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. to keep Ice Cube after he had walked away from his deal there.
Q 20In All About the Benjamins, at what kind of venue do Bucum and Reggie arrange to swap the diamonds for Gina?
A dog track
A dog track is where the kidnapped Gina is to be traded, but the handover collapses into a gunfight and a chase.
Q 24While fleeing Bucum early in All About the Benjamins, Reggie hides in what vehicle that belongs to the diamond thieves?
A van
A van turns out to be the getaway vehicle of killers fresh from a robbery, which drops Reggie into the middle of their scheme.
Q 25The diamond thieves in All About the Benjamins pull off their deadly robbery while posing as crew at what event?
A photo shoot
A photo shoot is the cover: Julian plays the photographer and Ursula the model until the diamonds' owner, Mr. Barkley, arrives.
Q 26In the opening arrest of All About the Benjamins, the girlfriend of drug dealer Lil J fires what at Bucum?
A shotgun
A shotgun, fired wildly around the trailer, nearly ends the film's first arrest before Bucum tackles her and cuffs Lil J.
Q 27Roger Guenveur Smith, the thief Julian in All About the Benjamins, is best known for his films with which director?
Spike Lee
Spike Lee cast Smith in films from School Daze to Do the Right Thing, where he played Smiley, and later filmed his one-man Huey P. Newton show.
Q 28John Murphy, who scored All About the Benjamins, also composed the haunting themes of which Danny Boyle horror film?
28 Days Later
28 Days Later features Murphy's In the House - In a Heartbeat, an instrumental since reused in many trailers, shows and commercials.
Q 29All About the Benjamins was the first feature film from Kevin Bray, who had built his career directing what?
Music videos
Music videos for stars such as Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez and Lauryn Hill were Bray's training ground before he stepped up to features.
Q 30In the same year as All About the Benjamins, Ice Cube's company produced which hit comedy with Cedric the Entertainer?
Barbershop
Barbershop, with Ice Cube as the owner of a struggling Chicago shop, opened six months later and launched a franchise of its own.